Glenbard North: November 2008 Archives

-Last season several key Naperville North basketball players were still involved with a football state championship run by the time Thanksgiving tournaments rolled around. In their absence, the Huskies started slow on the way to an 11-16 finish.

The Huskies won't be double-booked this November. But basketball coach Mark Lindo - a regular presence at the Harshbarger-Welzel Field press box - didn't seem jealous or conflicted about the football program's success.

"We certainly wish they would've been playing, and I mean that. It was a nice problem to have, last year for example," Lindo said recently. "To be able to have your whole team there (will) certainly - I hope - benefit us. I don't think we really got started last year until the middle of December. We had a hole to dig (out of) already.

"I think right now we're right on schedule."

-The Glenbard North basketball program is expected to welcome back 6-foot-6-inch forward Evan Watkins, a Northwestern quarterback recruit.

Naperville North swept through the DuPage Valley Conference undefeated, so it was no surprise when three Huskies received individual honors in the afterglow of a 9-0 regular season.

Senior running back Nick Mlady was named the DVC's offensive team captain, while senior Alex Helms was voted outstanding offensive lineman for opening so many of those holes.

On the other side of the ball, North senior Tim Weidenbacher was recognized as the conference's outstanding defensive lineman. Wheaton Warrenville South senior linebacker Pat Dansdill was selected as the defensive team captain.

The entire team is listed below: